Splasher-holder



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MARTHA E. LUNN AND MARY-C. SHAFER, OF ELGIN, ILLINOIS.

SPLASHER-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 456,273, dated July 21,1891.

Application filed July 22, 1890. Serial No. 359,552. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

1 Be it known that we, MARTHA E. LUNN and MARY C. SHAFER, citizens ofthe United States, residing at Elgin, in the county of Kane and State ofIllinois, have invcnteda new and useful Splasher-Holder, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to furniture, and more particularly to that classthereof known as wall-protectors; and the object thereof is to provide adevice ot' this character whereof the cross-bar will be supported byuprights at each end, in order to prevent its sagging under the weightof the mat or splasher.

4 To this end the invention consists in the details of constructionhereinafter more fully board by screws, as shown, and composed ofv somesuitable metal, plated or covered with non-corrosive material Cr formedwholly of any substance not easily oxidizable. One such clasp isarranged near each end of the board 2 and preferably on the rear facethereof, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1, although it will beunderstood that the clasps may be on the front face of the board, ifpreferred. Heretofore the clasps that have been secured to such boardwere provided with set-screws projecting to the rear; but they marredthe wall and the stand had to be pulled out to gain access to them. Theclasps which we use are simply brackets of sheet metal, as shown, andhave smooth rear faces. Through each clasp 3 is passed an upright 7,which is preferably a rectangular piece of light wood suitably paintedor varnished and of such a size as to iit with considerable frictionwithin the clasp.

8 is a cross-barof the same material and shape, but of less size thanthe uprights, and

near each end it passes through a rectangular hole iu the upright, andmay be, though not necessarily is, secured therein by a pin 4, passed infrom the front. The cross-bar 8 slides loosely through the holes in thenprights, and when the pins 4 are removed the the, holes through theuprights, else the crossbar could not be withdrawn, and the ornaments atthe tops of the uprights must not project to the rear of the clasps 3,whereby they would mar the wall, against which said l clasps rest, asthey are about the thickness of the base-board l0.

The cross-bar is provided at suitable points throughout its length withupwardly-opening hooks 9, and each upright may have a similar hook inits front face, and on these hooks the mat or splasher will besupported. The distance between each end hook on the Crossbar and theopposite end of said bar is less than the distance between the uprights,in order to permit the withdrawal of the crossbar in the manner abovementioned. The hooks will be preferably of galvanized metal, in orderthat they may not rust, or they may be of any metal coated with anon-oxidizable covering. The uprights and the cross-bar may also be ofmetal similarly treated without departing from the spirit of myinvention.

In use the splasher will cover the uprights and cross-bar and hide themfrom view, and only their ornamental ends will be exposed.

The removability of the clasps and the several adjustments between theparts render the device applicable to washstands and other pieces offurniture of various sizes, and hence my improved splasher-holder can bemade and sold in one size, as an article of manufacture, and applied tothe position where it is desired to use it by the purchaser; or, afterit is put in place, the device may be adjusted vertically by graspingthe center of the cross-bar and drawing upwardly or pushing downwardlythereon, the uprights sliding frictionally through the clasps 3, asabove set forth, and moving with the cross-bar because IOO of thettingof the latter in the holes through the uprights.

The eross-liar may be provided with a nun1- ber ol' holes (l, whereby itmay be looked in the uprights 7 by means of the pins l, although this isnot absolutely necessary, be cause the cross-bar cannotbeeoine displacedafter the splasher is applied, owing to the fact that the latter isengaged to hooks ou both the cross-bar and the uprights.

That we claim is- As an article of manufacture, the hereindescrbedsplasher-holder, the saine comprising clasps 3, secured to the backboard ot a wash-stan d and having smooth rear faces, up rights 7,passing lfrictionally through said clasps and rising from said hoardnear its MARTHA E. LUNN. MARY C. SUAFER. litnessesz F. ll. ACKERMANN,l). I3. Si-tn'rmoon.

